Device for discharging bricks from the mold



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' DAVID w. STEWART AND LEAnDnR DOWNING, or MUNCIE, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING BRI CKS FROM THE MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,993, dated August 22, 1882.

Application filed June 5, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that we, DAVID W. STEWART and LEANDERDOWNING, citizens of the United States,residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Device for Discharging Bricks from the Mold, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of our improvements are to construct a table with a vertical hinged lid, which is provided with movable racks, on'which the mold is placed and. dumped, so that the bricks may be dumped on the rack, (instead of the ground, the old way,) on which they may be conveniently handled. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table with the lid and rack in a. vertical position. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same with a brickmold placed against the rack, the dotted lines showing the mold, rack, and lid turned down as in dumping the brick. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rack. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the table with six bricks dumped on the rack and the mold removed, and Fig.5 is a perspective view of a mold.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The table d may be constructed any desired height and size. The surface is made lower, or an offset is made across the center, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 at d. A frame consisting of the back b and arms f is pivoted to one edge of the said ofi'set d by pivots or bolts 8, so that the back will just fill up the offset when itis turned down. The lower ends of the armsf are provided with a slot,f, for adjustably securing the weight b, which keeps the framein an up right position, being adjusted according to the number of bricks dumped upon the lid or rack. The racks a are composed of four light strips of material and four (more or less) cross-braces, the

ones on the ends having hand-holds a cut in their under surface, as shown in Figs.1,2, 3, and 4, sufficient to catchin to lift it by. These racks are set on the strip 00, which is made by fast- (No model.)

ening a small strip of wood to the lower edge of the back b, in order that the rack will rest on said strip instead of the surface of the table, as shown. A brick-mold full of bricks (of any forrn,the one shown in Fig. 5, holding five bricks, being preferred) is then placed on the table and turned top side up against the rack a, as shown in Fig. 2. With each hand then press the rack and mold together by clamping the fingers in the slots to and the thumbs against the back of the mold, at the same time allowing the rack, mold, and frame to turn over, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, in which position they will remain until the mold islifted ofi (leaving the bricks g as shown in Fig. 4) and the rack lifted up with the bricks, when the frame will rise up, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

As before said, the rack is lifted up with the at each end of the said table, which is provided with an offset, the said table having adjustable weights attached to the arms f, all for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the table 01 d and the lid by, with the rack a, for the purpose set 3. The combination of the rack or a. witha table having a hinged lid, as' and for the purpose set forth.

DAVID W. STEWART. LEANDER DOWN ING. Witnesses:

LoUrsA *A. ADAMSON, 'A. G. ADAMsoN. 

